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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in 2026, said in a video posted to social media that she “would not be able to control” herself if she encountered Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh in public. The undated video was posted Thursday on X by Townhall and shows McMorrow responding to a question about the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
McMorrow said the court’s composition makes her “furious,” adding that she was especially upset that Barrett is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, which McMorrow also attended.
“I talked to somebody yesterday who said they saw her with Brett Kavanaugh at a tailgate last weekend,” McMorrow said in the video. “I was like, ‘I would not be able to control myself. That would be a bad— there would be beers thrown in people’s faces.”
The comments come amid heightened political tensions surrounding the Supreme Court and its conservative majority.
In recent years, conservative justices have faced sustained criticism from Democratic lawmakers following major rulings, including the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly criticized Justices Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch by name during a rally, warning that they would “pay the price” if they voted to overturn Roe.
“You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” Schumer said at the time.
Schumer’s remarks were condemned by members of both parties and drew a rare public rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts.
“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory,” Roberts wrote, “but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous.”
In 2022, following the court’s Roe decision, a trans identifying male was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home after authorities said he intended to assassinate the justice.
McMorrow is one of three Democrats seeking to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan.
The open Senate seat is expected to be one of the most competitive races of the 2026 election cycle.
Republicans have signaled they intend to heavily contest the seat as they look to expand their Senate majority.
McMorrow, 39, has served in the Michigan Senate since 2019.
She became Senate majority whip in 2023.
Her legislative focus has included abortion access and reproductive rights, particularly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Earlier this year, McMorrow drew attention for attending events with left wing activists and online commentators.
In late September, she appeared at a fundraiser alongside blogger Rebecca Schoenkopf, who published an article one day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated titled “Second Amendment Comes for Charlie Kirk.”
McMorrow has not publicly addressed the resurfaced video since it began circulating on social media. Her campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from media outlets.
